Kathryn A. Calo

As an experienced family law attorney, Katie is well-known throughout the region’s probate and family courts as a strong advocate for her clients. She understands that her clients are oftentimes dealing with challenging family dynamics, and she works with them to develop a plan that is unique to their specific needs and goals.

Katie is a partner in the firm’s Family and Divorce Group. She focuses her practice on all aspects of family law litigation, including divorce, child custody and support.

Katie has over fifteen years of family law experience handling:

• Restraining orders and harassment prevention orders
• Guardianships of minors, disabled individuals, and elders, including those involving the rights of grandparents
• Substantial, complicated asset divisions, typically involving trust interests and executive compensation support issues
• Child custody disputes involving domestic violence, child re-unification issues and Guardian ad Litem investigations
• Domestic relations issues effecting LGBTQ individuals
• Out-of-state, multi-jurisdictional cases involving support, custody and guardianship

While attending law school, Katie interned for the Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee, an independent state agency of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court that helps people with mental disabilities protect their rights and obtain appropriate services. She also participated in the Mental Health Law Clinic program and tutored in the Charles Hamilton Houston Enrichment Program. Following law school, Katie served as a judicial law clerk for the justices of the Probate and Family Court in Massachusetts.

Prior to joining Mirick, Katie was a partner with Bowditch & Dewey and previously with Lian Zarrow.